Wear plate for journal boxes



July 14, 1925.

A. O. BUCKIUS, JR

WEAR PLATE FOR JOURNAL BOXES Filed Nov. 16, 1921 Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT 0. BUCKIUS, JR., 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO NATIONAL MALLEABLE AND STEEL CASTINGS COMPANY, OFCLEVELAND, OHIO,

A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

WEAR PLATE FOR JOURNAL BOXES.

Application filed November 16, 1921. Serial No. 515,472.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT O. BUoK'IUs, Jr, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, have invented newand useful Improvements-in Wear Plates for Journal Boxes, of which the.

following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective of a journal box, showing theapplication of my improvements thereto; Fig. 2 is a partial section of ajournal box; and Fig. 3 is a perspective of the wear plate.

My invention relates to wear plates for journal boxes and journal boxpedestals, and comprises providing a wear plate interposed betweenjournal box and pedestal guide which may be detachably secured to thejournal box. My invention in particular consists in the means by whichthe wear plate is attached to the journal box, and in the variousfeatures which I shall hereinafter describe and claim.

Referring to the drawings, I have shown my invention applied to ajournal box A having on each side one wide insert or wear plate B seatedin the pedestal guide, but, ohviously, the invention is applicable toany journal box in which wear plates are to be employed, regardless ofnumber or width of the pedestal guides. The journal box A has ribs 2which form the grooves or truck pedestal guides. The wear plate B is ofchannel shape, having a web 3 and flanges 4 at right angles thereto,which bear against the inner faces of the ribs 2 on the box A. At theupper end of the wear plate the web 3 is formed into a hook-shapedprojection 5 which takes about a projecting rib 6 upon the top side edgeof the box. The lower side edge of the box between the ribs 2 is formedwith an inclined face7, and at the lower end of the web of the wearplate is an angled extension 8, which engages the inclined face 7.

In applying the wear plate to the box, its projection 5 is hooked overthe projecting rib 6 and the wear plate is then rotated about the rib 6until the Web 3 bears against the side of the box and the extension 8underlies the inclined face 7, while the flanges 4 on the plate bearagainst the inside faces of the ribs 2 on the box A. Rivets 9 or othersecuring means may then be applied through the registering apertures 10in the flanges 4 of the wear plate and ribs 2 of the journal box to holdthe wear plate securely in position. The apertures 10 in the wear plateare countersunk, as shown, to prevent the rivets from projecting intothe channel guide. If desired, the rivet apertures may be located in theweb 3, as is shown at 11 in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3. The rivetsare relieved of all strain by the gripping action of the wear plateoverlapping ends, and also by the pedestal when the box is in place. Therivets are used primarily to prevent displacement of the wear platebefore installation of the box on the car.

In applying my invention to journal boxes I have found that the wearplate may be made of cast metal, or it may be made of pressed steel casehardened or tempered. It is obvious that my invention is of greatadvantage, since in event the box becomes unfit for service because ofwear to the plate B the wornout plate may be readily removed by merelychipping away the rivets 9, and then substituting a new wear platetherefor.

The terms and expressions which I hav employed are used as terms ofdescription and not of limitation, and I have no intention, in the useof such terms and expressions, of excluding any mechanical equivalentsof the features shown and described, or portions thereof, but recognizethat various structural modifications are possible within the scope ofthe invention claimed.

What I claim is:

1. In a journal box, a wear plate comprising a piece of metal having aweb, flanges at ri ht angles to the web, one end of the web' having ahook-shaped projection engaging a rib on the journal box, an angledextension at the other end of the web engaging a portion of the journalbox, the journal box and wear plate being apertured, and means passingthrough said apertured members for securing the Wear plate from rotativemovement.

2. In a journal box, a wear plate having at one end a hook-shapedprojection, at the other end an angled extension, said projection andsaid extension engaging portions of the journal box and serving to holdthe plate from movement in two directions, projections on the journalbox holding the Wear plate against movement in the two other directiqns,the journal box and wear plate having registering apertures and securingmeans passing through said apertures for holding the wear plate frommovement in another direction.

3. In a journal box, a wear plate having a bearing against a side of thejournal box, projections on the plate overlapping the ends of the sidesof the journal box, the distance between the ends of the journal boxsides being greater than the distance between the edges of theoverlapping projections, and a securing member passing through the wearplate and journal box to prevent disengagement of the projections fromthe ends of the journal box sides.

4. In a journal box having a pedestal guide in the side thereof,ja;wearplate having at one end a hook-shaped projection engaging a rib adjacentsaid pedestal guide, a projection at the end of said plate opposite saidprojection arranged to engage a surface on the box on rotation of theplate about said rib, one end of the plate being riveted to the box toprevent rotative movement of the plate relative to the box.

5. The combination of a journal box having a side Wall portion ofrelatively thickened material, of a projection extending from saidthickened portion, and a wear liner having an end portion adapted to bebent about said projection.

6. The combination with a journal box having a side wall portion ofrelatively thickened material, of a projection extending from saidthickened portion, and a wear plate adapted to be connected to saidprojection.

ALBERT O. BUCKIUS, JR.

